The 2012 holidays will differ from calendar to calendar. The western calendar will have few specific holidays where as the other calendars like, Islamic calendar, Indian calendar, Chinese calendar will have different holidays as per the community. The list below shows the important 2012 holidays as per the US calendar:

• January 2012:

Jan 1     New Year’s Day
Jan 2     New Year’s Day’ observed
Jan 6     Epiphany
Jan 13   Stephen Foster Memorial Day
Jan 16   Martin Luther King Day
Jan 23   Chinese New Year

• February 2012:

Feb 1     National Freedom Day
Feb 2     Groundhog Day
Feb 14   Valentine’s Day
Feb 20   Presidents’ Day
Feb 21   Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras
Feb 22   Ash Wednesday

• March 2012:

Mar 1     St. David’s Day
Mar 2     Read Across America Day
Mar 11   Daylight Saving Time starts
Mar 17   St. Patrick’s Day
Mar 20   Vernal equinox

• April 2012:

Apr 1      Palm Sunday
Apr 5      Maundy Thursday
Apr 6      Good Friday (Many regions)
Apr 7      Holy Saturday
Apr 8      Easter Sunday
Apr 9      Easter Monday
Apr 17    Tax Day
Apr 25    Administrative Professionals Day

• May 2012:

May 1     Loyalty Day
May 1     Law Day
May 3     National Day of Prayer
May 5     Cinco de Mayo
May 13   Mother’s Day
May 15   Peace Officers Memorial Day
May 17   Ascension Day
May 18   National Defense Transportation Day
May 19   Armed Forces Day
May 22   National Maritime Day
May 27   Pentecost
May 28   Whit Monday
May 28   Memorial Day

• June 2012:

Jun 3      Trinity Sunday
Jun 7      Corpus Christi
Jun 14    Flag Day
Jun 17    Father’s Day
Jun 20    June Solstice

• July 2012:

Jul 4       Independence Day
Jul 22     Parents’ Day

• August 2012:

Aug 15   Assumption of Mary
Aug 19   National Aviation Day

• September 2012:

Sep 3     Labor Day
Sep 8     Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
Sep 9     National Grandparents Day
Sep 11   Patriot Day
Sep 17   Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
Sep 21   National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Sep 22   Autumnal equinox
Sep 30   Gold Star Mother’s Day

• October 2012:

Oct 1      Child Health Day
Oct 4      Feast of St Francis of Assisi
Oct 8      Columbus Day (Most regions)
Oct 9      Leif Erikson Day
Oct 15    White Cane Safety Day
Oct 16    Boss’s Day
Oct 31    Halloween

• November 2012:

Nov 1     All Saints’ Day
Nov 2     All Souls’ Day
Nov 4     Daylight Saving Time ends
Nov 6     Election Day
Nov 11   Veterans Day
Nov 12   Veterans Day’ observed
Nov 22   Thanksgiving Day
Nov 23   Black Friday

• December 2012:

Dec 2    First Sunday Advent
Dec 7    Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec 8    Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Dec 17   Pan American Aviation Day
Dec 17   Wright Brothers Day
Dec 21   December Solstice
Dec 24   Christmas Eve
Dec 25   Christmas Day
Dec 26   Kwanzaa (until Jan 1)
Dec 31   New Year’s Eve

Among the above list, the most important days of holiday in the calendar are:

Jan 2    : New Year’s Day’ observed
Jan 16   : Martin Luther King Day
Feb 14   : Valentine’s Day
Feb 20   : Presidents’ Day
Apr 8    : Easter Sunday
May 13   : Mother’s Day
May 28   : Memorial Day
Jun 17   : Father’s Day
Jul 4    : Independence Day
Sep 3    : Labor Day
Oct 8    : Columbus Day (Most regions)
Oct 31   : Halloween
Nov 6    : Election Day
Nov 11   : Veterans Day
Nov 12   : Veterans Day’ observed
Nov 22   : Thanksgiving Day
Nov 23   : Black Friday
Dec 25   : Christmas Day

The 2012 holiday in the Islamic calendar

The Islamic calendar is also known as the Hirji calendar. This calendar is based on 12 lunar months which comprises of 354 or 355 days.

The list below mentions the most important holidays in the Islamic year:

• Saturday, 04 February: Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad)
• Thursday 9 February Milad un Nabi (Shia)
• Friday 20 July Ramadan (start)
• Sunday 19 August Eid-Ul-Fitr
• Friday 26 October Eid-Ul-Adha
• Thursday 15 November Al-Hijira

2012 holidays as per Indian Calendar

The list of holiday for the upcoming year 2012 in an Indian calendar is mentioned below:

• Saturday 14 January Makar Sankrant
• Saturday 28 January Vasant Panchami
• Monday 20 February Mahashivratri
• Thursday 8 March Holi
• Sunday 1 April Rama Navami
• Friday 6 April Hanuman Jayanti
• Thursday 2 August Raksha Bandhan
• Friday 10 August Janmashtami - Krishna Jayanti
• Tuesday 16 October Navaratri (start)
• Wednesday 24 October Dussera
• Tuesday 13 November Diwali

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